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The civic muse : music and musicians in Siena during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance /
Siena, blessed with neither the aristocratic nor the ecclesiastical patronage enjoyed by music in other northern Italian centers like Florence, nevertheless attracted first-rate composers and performers from all over Europe. As Frank A. D'Accone shows in this scrupulously documented study, poli...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
©1997.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Siena, blessed with neither the aristocratic nor the ecclesiastical patronage enjoyed by music in other northern Italian centers like Florence, nevertheless attracted first-rate composers and performers from all over Europe. As Frank A. D'Accone shows in this scrupulously documented study, policies developed by the town to favor the common good formed the basis of Siena's ambitious musical programs. Based on decades of research in the town's archives, D'Accone's The Civic Muse brilliantly illuminates both the sacred and the secular aspects of more than three centuries of mu. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxiii, 862 pages, 4 pages of plates) : illustrations (some color) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 799-817) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0226133680 9780226133683 9780226133669 0226133664 1281223271 9781281223272 9786611223274 6611223274 |